Tethered cord syndrome in adults: Experience of 56 patients
| dc.contributor.author | Selcuki M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mete M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barutcuoglu M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duransoy Y.K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Umur A.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Selcuki D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-10T11:10:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-10T11:10:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the results of surgery performed in a group of adult patients with tethered cord syndrome with their outcomes. Material and Methods: This retrospective study included 56 patients. There were 38 females and 18 males. All patients were older than 18 years. Results: The mean age at referral was 36 years and 1 month. The mean follow-up period was 10 months 27 days. 95% of all patients with back and leg pains improved and 5% remained the same. Three patients with motor deficits remained the same in the postoperative period. Of the 16 patients with urological complaints, 10 improved, 5 unchanged and 1 patient died in the postoperative first day due to pulmonary embolism. Conclusion: The syndrome of tethered cord may be a situation to be treated even in the elderly in case of normal level conus medullaris and filum terminale with a normal appearance as well as a low-lying conus and thick filum. To prevent overlooking the diagnosis of tethered cord and/or unnecessary spinal surgeries, the tethered cord syndrome should be remembered in the differential diagnosis list in the presence of back and leg pains, neurological deficits or urological complaints. | |
| dc.identifier.DOI-ID | 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11700-14.1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14701/49291 | |
| dc.publisher | Turkish Neurosurgical Society | |
| dc.title | Tethered cord syndrome in adults: Experience of 56 patients | |
| dc.type | Article |